Comic Title: Phantom Stranger #2
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 909 Third Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Jul/Aug 1969
On Sale Date: May 13, 1969 Copyright Date May 13, 1969
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1969

Newsstand Date May 13, 1969
Source: Comic Reader, #73

Frequency: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.15
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Orlando

Title: "The Man Who Died Three Times"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Phantom Stranger (of Earth-1)

Writer: Mike Friedrich
Artist: Bill Draut

Reprinted In:
Showcase Presents Phantom Stranger Vol. 1 TPB (2006)

Feature Character(s)

• Phantom Stranger (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #1; next appearance in DC Special #4)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doctor Thirteen (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #1; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #3)
• Marie Thirteen (last appearance in Phantom Stranger #1; next appearance in Phantom Stranger #4)

Villain(s)

• Mr. Big and his gang (Lefty named; no further appearances)
• Ramu-Guru (a hypnotist; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Cyrus Hatton (the head of a construction company; no further appearances)
• Billy Hatton and Mrs. Hatton (Cyrus's son and wife; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story serves as the framing sequence for two reprint stories.

Pages 1-3 appear first
"The House of Strange Secrets" is then reprinted
Pages 4-6 appear next
"The Girl Who Lived 5,000 Years" is then reprinted
Pages 7-10 then conclude the framing sequence.

Synopsis:
Billy Hatton watches his father crash the car into a lamppost and apparently die in the resulting fire. The distraught boy is then guided home by the Phantom Stranger. A short time later, Cyrus Hatton walks in the door, alive, but in a trance like state. He claims that a mystic totem pole has granted him nine lives.

Cyrus attempts to prove his claim by jumping off a bridge into a river. This time, Dr. Thirteen is a witness. Once again Cyrus is thought to be dead, but he turns up alive.

Both the Phantom Stranger and Dr. Thirteen are present when Cyrus is nearly killed in the park when he unveils a stone obelisk built by his construction company. The Phantom Stranger saves Cyrus, who finally snaps out of his trance. Cyrus explains that racketeers were trying to cut in on his business illegally. After going along with them once, Cyrus backed out of the deal.

The crooks then hypnotized Cyrus and staged two apparent deaths. They planned to kill him with the stone obelisk, but the Phantom Stranger ruined their plans. The Stranger and Dr. Thirteen then plant a trap for the crooks and apprehend them.